N.J. Admin. Code § 5:75A-2.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

Section 5:75A-2.6 - Procedure during fire emergency incident; local; county

(a) In the event of an emergency incident, the incident commander shall determine whether additional fire service resources are required and, if so, shall first call upon the members of his or her local fire mutual aid plan.

(b) Should the incident commander determine, after calling for assistance from members of his or her local fire mutual aid plan, that further fire service resources are required to respond to the emergency incident, he or she shall request that the county fire coordinator place the county fire mutual aid plan into effect.

1. Upon making such a request, the incident commander also shall notify the municipal emergency management coordinator appointed pursuant to section 8 of P.L. 1953, c.438 (N.J.S.A. App. A:9-40.1) of the emergency incident so that the municipal emergency management coordinator may alert and utilize his or her staff should additional emergency resources be required.

(c) Upon the activation of a county fire mutual aid plan, the county fire coordinator shall notify the regional fire coordinator assigned to that county. The regional fire coordinator shall notify the State fire coordinator by telephone at the telephone number provided for this purpose. The county fire coordinator shall provide the regional fire coordinator with periodic updates who shall in turn provide updates to the State fire coordinator until termination of the emergency incident.

1. The State fire coordinator shall ensure that the county and State Offices of Emergency Management are notified and provide them with periodic updates until termination of the emergency incident.

(d) In the event that the municipal emergency management coordinator determines to mobilize local resources in response to an emergency incident, he or she shall so notify the county emergency management coordinator appointed pursuant to section 12 of P.L. 1953, c.438 (N.J.S.A. App. A:9-42.1) in order that the county emergency management coordinator shall be prepared to respond in the event that local resources are insufficient to effectively deal with the emergency incident.

N.J. Admin. Code § 5:75A-2.6

Amended by R.2004 d.179, effective 5/3/2004.
See: 35 New Jersey Register 4909(a), 36 New Jersey Register 2207(b).
Rewrote (c).